Sunday, September 27, 2009

Tigress with a lion cub....

Guys, I managed to upload this image after quite a struggle! But like Ash says in the L'Oreal ad - because it's worth it! This is NOT a photo shopped image. So, please be impressed!! Or at least fake it! I also tried and failed to attach the lengthy column I'd written for The Asian Age yesterday. Shall give it another go once I'm done at the Pujo Badi (Tejpal) and Maa Durga has blessed me. This is an annual ritual I hate to miss. It brings out the Bong in me! I was referred to as "the female Al Quaida'' by Mohan Pai ( Infosys wizard ). This was right after my address at the India Leadership Conclave in Delhi. I assure you , he meant it as a huge compliment! After listening to half a dozen uninspiring and politically correct speeches delivered by assorted 'captains of industry', I felt obliged to shake things up a bit! The newly awakened tigress in me did the rest! I was glad to be there, Delhi being such a stuffy place, a bit of Mumbai fireworks didn't harm anybody! Besides.... topic ko dekho!! - " Has the Indian woman finally come of age?" Would you agree anything less than a 'female Al Quaida' approach would have been a let down???

yup!!.. Cub is really huge!!!..And I totally agree with "Female Al-quaida", and please carry on the fireworks and you may come up with some bombardments too. Indian society needs those badly, as we are fed up with actual blasts.keep Posting Cheerio :) http://havenofrave.blogspot.com

The Female Al-Quaida! That's clever but not an accurate label. You might inspire terror in a few hearts but very few. To most of your readers, you are someone who is 'one of us' and who says things we might be saying ourselves, except of course we didn't think of them and even if we did, we'd never get away with.

The main reason I read your columns is your almost supernatural ability to say something true and unpleasant and yet not be offensive. You never pull your punches. And yet you're never the abusive troglodyte.

"India Leadership Conclave" -I wish one day I too would be a part of such intellect.Cub k baap k paas you surely look even bigger than the female Al Qaida.And you surely would have not shaked but rocked the place.

mz de, great pic. wonder what the cub told its mother later! and please let us read some of your speech. just want to know what does it really take to wake up these slumbering delhiites. i am particularly irritated by the condescending "finally" in the topic. suggestions for more topics - "has the indian male finally been toilet trained?" or "have our politicians finally learned how to be austere?" and another one, "has our media finally realised the folly of airing ads which wish women a happy period?"

Shobha,will you please write a topic of your early days.Your college days in Xavier's.How Bombay was back in the 70's and 80's.Basically,to see the old Bombay through your eyes.waits eargerly.Thank you.

oops I meant your speech at India Leadership Conclave. And I second the comment of aniketh_375. Bombay through your eyes. I have been re-reading your superstar book again. Most interesting are parts where you interweave your stories from the past. I noticed Big B giving you a kind reference in his last to last blog "day???"... when is the next spat? I hope we all get the first exclusive.

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